The Saturday morning of arrival see one of the coldest days of the year, with the surrounding fields still frosted as the swimmers and staff arrived for the second of the England talent London region level 2 camps. The camps see some of the region’s most talented 15 – 16 year old swimmers arriving for 2 days of training and education.

 

The camp was a continuum of the September meeting but with the swimmers arriving much fitter, being further into the season, the sessions were also stepped up but without forgetting a strong emphasis on the skills and training techniques required to take their swimming to the next level. As with all England talent camps the programme is designed to support the work being done by the swimmers in their club programmes.

 

In addition to work in the pool the swimmers took part in land training, stretching, Physio sessions as well as lectures on lifestyle and what it takes to become a high level swimmer. In addition it gave some of the region’s top coaches time to exchange ideas, techniques and coaching philosophies. 

 

Also making an appearance to see the swimmers at the camp was asa President Kay Grimshaw and London Region acting chair Vernon Davis.

 

Head Coach Dave Hobbs said we had a successful camp with a talented group of swimmers that certainly were looking in good shape. I’m sure we will be seeing a lot of these swimmers in the future. We are now all looking forward to our final camp 18^th/19^th April.

 

Team Manager: Loraine Cousins

Head Coach: Dave Hobbs

Specialist Coach: Dave Heathcock

Group Coaches: Gary Rodgers & Tyrone Blackett

Land Training/Lectures : Jack Horner

Physiotherapist: Alex Hide